Ophiostoma ulmi

E3941

ascomycete fungus plant pathogen

Ophiostoma ulmi is a pathogenic fungus best known for causing the devastating tree epidemic known as Dutch elm disease.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi	2
Ophiostoma himal-ulmi	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ascomycete ⓘ fungus ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ
causes	Dutch elm disease ⓘ
causesSymptom	death of elm trees ⓘ dieback of elm branches ⓘ wilting of elm leaves ⓘ yellowing of elm foliage ⓘ
class	Sordariomycetes ⓘ
controlMethod	control of elm bark beetle vectors ⓘ planting resistant elm cultivars ⓘ removal of infected wood ⓘ sanitation felling of infected elms ⓘ
discoveredIn	early 20th century ⓘ
diseaseType	vascular wilt disease ⓘ
epidemicAssociatedWith	Dutch elm disease epidemic in North America ⓘ Dutch elm disease pandemic in Europe ⓘ
family	Ophiostomataceae ⓘ
genus	Ophiostoma ⓘ
geographicImpact	Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
hasMoreAggressiveSuccessor	Ophiostoma novo-ulmi ⓘ
hostRange	North American elms ⓘ primarily European elms ⓘ
infectsTissue	xylem of elm trees ⓘ
kingdom	Fungi ⓘ
notableFor	causing large-scale mortality of elms in the 20th century ⓘ
order	Ophiostomataceae ⓘ surface form: Ophiostomatales
pathogenicTo	Ulmus species ⓘ elm trees ⓘ
phylum	Ascomycota ⓘ
reproduction	asexual reproduction ⓘ sexual reproduction ⓘ
sporeType	asexual spores ⓘ sexual spores ⓘ
spreadMechanism	movement of infected wood ⓘ transport of infected nursery stock ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
transmittedBy	elm bark beetles ⓘ
vector	European elm bark beetle ⓘ surface form: Scolytus multistriatus Scolytus scolytus ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ophiostoma → genomeSequenced → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

Dutch elm disease → hasCause → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

Dutch elm disease → hasCause → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ophiostoma himal-ulmi

Ophiostoma → hasSpecies → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

Ophiostomataceae → includesSpecies → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

Ulmus → pathogenOfDutchElmDisease → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

European elm bark beetle → vectorFor → Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ